Around Tuscany there will be a series of concerts performed with the very instruments used by Maestro Giacomo Puccini, from Saturday 27 September to Sunday 26 October. Each concert offers free admission.
Organised by the Toscana Classica association with the support of the Ministry of Culture to celebrate the famed composer and Tuscan native Puccini (1858 – 1924), this concert series is set in the very churches of Lucca where he first played. Several of the instruments used in these concerts have Puccini’s signature still written on them.
The highlight is ‘Symphonic Homage to Coldplay,’ a special event aimed at engaging younger audiences with orchestral music, through hearing Coldplay’s beloved hits played by an orchestra.
The final performance features exclusively Puccini compositions.
PROGRAM
- Saturday 27 September, 9 pm
Antonio Frigé at the Church of San Francesco d’Assisi, Massaross (Lucca)
Music of Domenico and Giacomo Puccini, Johann Sebastian Bach and Georg Friedrich Haendel
- Sunday, 5 October
Maurizio Croci at the Church of San Pietro Somaldi
An evening of Baroque, pre-Romantic and Puccini pieces
- Friday 10 October, 9 pm
Tribute to Coldplay at the Auditorium San Romano, Lucca.
- Sunday 12 October, 9 pm
Lorenzo Ghielmi at the Church of SS. Ippolito and Cassiano, Mutigliano, Lucca
Music of Puccini, Corelli and Pasquini
- Sunday 19 October, 5:30 pm
Gabriele Giacomelli at the Church of San Pietro Somaldi, Piazza Carlo del Prete, Lucca
Music of Boccherini, Morandi and Puccini
- Sunday 26 October, 5:30 pm
Paolo Bottini at the Church of San Lorenzo a Farneta, Farneta (Lucca)
Music of Puccini
